Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LEWISBURG, Pa.— The Lafayette softball team dropped its first Patriot League contests of the season, as Bucknell swept the Leopards in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Becker Field. 

In game one, the Leopards put up five runs in the top of the fifth inning to overcome a four-run deficit and take a 7-6 lead on the Bison. 

Freshman right fielder Paige Sandidge started the rally by hitting a two-run home run to center field to cut the Bison's lead to two. Then, sophomore catcher Grace Harvey followed with a RBI single to bring home pinch runner Erica Brasher, who ran for Bailey Langford after Langford singled in the inning.

In the next at-bat, Paige Grover delivered a two-run double to left field to score Natasha Miner, who was hit by a pitch earlier in the inning, and Harvey to give the Leopards the lead.

The Bison scored a run in the bottom half of the inning and three more in the sixth inning to take the lead and eventually the 10-7  win.

In game two, the Maroon and White slipped into a 5-0 hole after allowing a run in the third inning and four runs in the fourth. The Leopards cut the deficit to 5-3 in the sixth on a three-run shot from Grover, but they gave up two runs in the bottom half to end the game with a 7-3 final.

Grover led the Leopards at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a homer, double and four RBI in game one and 2-for-3 with her homer and three RBI in the second game.

Sandidge had a solid game for the Leopards in the opener, going 2-for-3. Miner, Julia Romano, Morgan Olynyk, Julia Roman, and Kinzi Van Wyk each had a hit in game one. Miner had two hits in game two, while Olynyk and Harvey added one hit apiece in the nightcap. 

The teams will close out the home-and-home series on Sunday in Easton with a doubleheader at Metzgar Fields at 1 p.m.